Chapter 26. Interacting with the OS and Hardware

In This Chapter

Get OS, Service Pack, and CLR Version Get CPU and Other Hardware Information Invoke UAC to Request Admin Privileges Write to the Event Log Access the Registry Manage Windows Services Create a Windows Service Call Native Windows Functions Using P/Invoke Call C Functions in a DLL from C# Use Memory-Mapped Files Ensure Your Application Works in Both 32-bit and 64-bit Environments Respond to System Configuration Changes Take Advantage of Windows 7 Features Retrieve Power State Information

Applications don’t exist in a vacuum. They rely on the operating system to provide many vital services. Some of these, such as the location of important folders or the installed network adapters, are covered in earlier chapters (Chapters 11, “Files and Serialization,” and 12, “Networking and the Web,” respectively).